Editing level-set models with sketched curves

  • Authors:
  • M. Eyiyurekli;C. Grimm;D. Breen

  • Affiliations:
  • Drexel University;Washington University in St. Louis;Drexel University

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 6th Eurographics Symposium on Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Level set models are deformable implicit surfaces where the deformation is controlled by a speed function in the level set partial differential equation (PDE). These models are widely used in computer graphics applications due to their implicit definition, low-level volumetric representation and the powerful numerical techniques used to produce the PDE-based deformation. We present a set of interactive sketch-based level-set surface editing operators. These operators allow a user to sketch curves above or on a level-set surface in order to edit the surface's shape. Once the curves are sketched the surface interactively evolves to locally fit to the curves. A user may then modify the curves in order to refine the shape of the model. The mathematics, algorithms and techniques needed to implement numerous sketch-based level set modeling capabilities are described. The speed functions that produce the surface deformations within the context of solving the level-set PDE are detailed. Several examples are presented to demonstrate the flexibility and usefulness of the editing operators.